Selecting objects in a script

[Zoe the 3rd]

Hello!

 

I'm new to scripting, I dabbled a bit in AutoLisp years ago, but since my new AutoCAD LT doesn't support lisps I haven't retained that knowledge. Anyway...

 

I am trying to write a script that will use the MOVE command and displace an object by a set distance. (I have to do this thousands of times over.) However I do not know how to select the object from with in the script. Anyone know how to do that?

[ReMark]

Is the object a block?

[Zoe the 3rd]

Nope. They are usually rectangles or polylines.

 

I'm also now looking into macros... I know zip-diddly about macros, but they seam like they might work. The macro gets to the user input easy enough, but then I don't know how to get it back to running my selections.

 

So far I have: ^C^Cmove \d0,-20

 

but it stops after the \ and won't go back to my selection of "d".

[BIGAL]

Try select first then ^c^cmove 0,0 0,-20

[Zoe the 3rd]

That worked!! Staving off carpal tunnel for yet another year.

 

Thank you BIGAL!